I needed to start the stew this morning if I wanted it for dinner. And….I didn’t want to.
I had to chop the onions (I cry like a wet baby), mince garlic and cut this fabulous hunk of beef into chunks and brown it. (Yes. I know you are laughing at my little “hardship”. You’ve been here too.)
Then I noticed myself looking for EXCUSES. The thought of almost a WHOLE hour lost…
I had to make myself make the TIME.
Why am I sharing? I want you to notice in your own life where these 4 stages can pop up.
What do you do? Do you see how really complex just making and taking the actions to have a healthy dinner are?
I had to ACT on the motivation, TELL the truth to myself once it faded, USE commitment to push myself to do what I needed to do AND then still had to
BATTLE my “don’t wannas” early in the morning just to FINISH.
Building the habit of finishing is CRITICAL.